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News Archive
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The best explanation of SOPA/PIPA I’ve ever heard
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsThis is, by far, the best explanation of the SOPA and PIPA bills that I have seen on the internet. Watch and learn. -
Apple takes the leap into textbooks on the iPad
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsApple debuted their newest iPad use today… Textbooks. Truly who didn’t see this coming anyway. iBooks 2 has brought the textbooks update so that now the iPad will have full textbooks available for purchase and download. First thing... -
Seven Arrests at Megaupload, Anonymous retaliates
Posted on January 19, 2012 | 1 CommentFour arrests, $50 million in assets seized, and dozens of domains and servers belonging to MegaUpload, the file transfer website, were taken into custody by the United States federal authorities earlier today. The unsealed documents, generated two weeks ago by a grand jury in Virginia,... -
The Dark Knight Rises full trailer hits the web.
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No CommentsAt first it was a bootlegged version of The Dark Knight Rises trailer that hit the web and made its rounds, now the studio has given in and put out the HD version on Apple’s website and of course it made it to Youtube. I... -
Farewell to a Legend: Steve Jobs
Posted on October 5, 2011 | 1 CommentSteve Jobs; the name is synonymous with innovation, temper, drive, a piece of fruit, but one word rings out above all of the rest… Genius. It doesn’t matter whether or not you like Apple products, no one can say that Steve Jobs wasn’t one... -
Amazon’s New Tablet
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsAmazon announced their newest gadgets for us today. I’ll outline some of the bullet points below: The Kindle Fire ($199) - 7-inch IPS display, ultra-wide display, dual-core processor. 14.6 ounces - Android - Wispersync for movies, tv, and books - Bookshelf UI - Gorilla Glass... -
Netflix makes a split and says it’s sorry.
Posted on September 19, 2011 | 1 CommentI, along with other Netflix subscribers, received an apology email from Netflix CEO Reed Hasting this morning. What was he apologizing for? He was apologizing for his company being a bit of a D-bag lately. Here is the exact email that I received: Dear Jesse, I messed up. I owe you... -
The New Spiderman!
Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsSo I know that with everything going on in the DCU right now it’s hard to remember that there’s even another comic company out there sometimes, even though Newsarama posts more Marvel stories than DC stories everyday, still…strange, dontcha think? But moving away from that... -
Bad form, Gamestop. Bad form.
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsGamestop tends to catch flack from developers saying that they undermine the business of video games with used sales. They catch flack from customers because of the low price they pay for almost new games (that they mark up sky high). Now they’ll catch flack... -
Fox! You got some ‘splainin’ to do.
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsFox recently made the move to make online tv viewers who aren’t paying for their service (Hulu Free users) wait for 8 days after their shows air to watch them. A few show already have this limit on them and while Fox is the first... -
A New Root for Gingerbread EVOs
Posted on August 17, 2011 | No CommentsDISCLAIMER: This is a rooting method that is still in development and as such should be treated like a loaded gun pointed at your head. It could go off and mess up your day with little or no notice. Do not attempt this if you... -
First Look at Henry Cavill Superman
Posted on August 4, 2011 | 1 CommentThis image of Henry Cavil in the Superman suit was released this morning by Warner Brothers in a press package.This is coming off the news that Perry White’s character will undergo a slight change for the movie when he is played by Lawrence Fishburne (The... -
Google+ : The Plus Means Better
Posted on July 1, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve had my Google+ account for about a day now and I thought I would share my impressions with you. First of all, I have to say thank you to my friend Tyler for sending me an invite to Google+. I’ve used G+ on my... -
WWDC Apple Keynote Recap
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsSo Steve Jobs shared a few of Apple’s new goodies today and there were quite a few of them. I’ll highlight the big ones below. First on our list is OSX Lion, the newest update to the Mac operating system. Lion will be available... -
HTC hears its customers pleas.
Posted on May 27, 2011 | No CommentsLocked bootloaders suck. For those of you who don’t know what a bootloader is or why it would be locked let me put it simply. An Android device with a locked or signed bootloader makes rooting the device more difficult. All of you who have... -
Android App-aholics Anonymous (Netflix)
Posted on May 14, 2011 | No CommentsName: Netflix Usage: Streaming movies and tv shows Price: Free (monthly plan required) IT’S HERE!!! Netflix has finally come to Android devices. While you can only run it if you own one of these phones: Samsung Nexus S, Evo 4G, Droid Incredible, T-Mobile G2 or... -
Netflix finally comes to Android
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsYou’ve read correctly. The Netflix official streaming app has arrived on the Android market and is ready to download for owners of these handsets: Samsung Nexus S, Evo 4G, Droid Incredible, T-Mobile G2 or Nexus One. The rest of you will have to wait just... -
There’s a Skype call for you… It’s Microsoft.
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s official, Microsoft has signed a deal to purchase the web-base telephony company Skype. Microsoft will bring out ye ole’ checkbook and plunk down $8.5 Billion dollars for Skype (Ebay paid $2.6 Billion for Skype in September of 2005). What does this mean to users... -
A sum up of Google I/O (Day 2)
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsOk, so day 2 of Google I/O is over and here are some of the highlights from that. - Chrome Updates – Google has added support for things like Hulu, Netflix, and offline apps (Gmail, Calendar, etc.). Additions like these make Google’s Chrome OS just... -
A sum up of Google I/O (Day 1)
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No CommentsSo, there’s this little meeting that some company in California has every year and a whole lot of geek types seem to get a kick out of it. I am of course talking about Google I/O 2011. There were some pretty good news on the...